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The red dress from the Covent Garden
production of Cinderella (2001)

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Compliments of Sorcha

Janet writes:

"On Boxing Day 2001, BBC2 broadcast the Covent Garden production of Rossini's Cinderella. Now what was special about this? Well, the costumes were set in the 1950's! It was fantastic:
Not only the costumes, but the hair-do's as well. The two so-called Ugly Sisters (who may have been wicked, but weren't at all ugly) had wonderful dresses, with really voluminous skirts,
 and we got quite a lot of views of petticoats. One was a red dress, with red chiffon(?) pettis and the other a green/gold dress worn by a redhead. These were ballerina length.

Cinderella's dress - a full length dress, in white, had a hooped petticoat - and Cinderella (somewhat buxom) looked ravishing.
Occasionally, the chorus was on stage, and one of the ladies there also had a dress with very full skirt.

I got all this in video. I am sorry that I don't have the equipment know-how to convert some of the images to JPG's or AVI.  (ED--Any Brits out there willing to help?)

I only saw on Christmas Day that it was on, and noticed in the small print in the Radio Times that it said it was set in the 1950's with costumes to suit,
so it was rather late to tell you to put a notice on The Pond."

Wendy sends this image from The Hard Nut (a modern version of The Nutcracker),
done by a dance troupe called the Mark Morris dance Company). 
 


"West Side Story" Vanity Fair
 Reenactment photos

from Nancy N.

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[Above three enlargeable] (left) Life cover - Broadway production?  (center) An Irish production of West Side Story (right) Publicity photo

'Sugar Plum Fairy' sends this photo from the publicity surrounding May 8th -Jun 3rd (2012) Toronto production of
West Side Story

Enlargeable          More WSS on this page          The film 

    

 

Eugene, Oregon 2009 production  -

Ballet Fantastique

 

Swan Lake Ballerina Tutu Site

  

 

London tour production of
Dreamboats and Petticoats
at the Cambridge Corn exchange

John G. has tendered this picture from the show (click to enlarge),
and Matt has pointed to this YouTube video.  Another.

(2010) A a marvelous UK publication debuted, called Dreamboats and Petticoats, in association with the hit UK musical of the same name. A great magazine, all UK life in the 1950s early 1960s, fashions, cars, the great Rock 'n Roll stars of the decade.

...and Colin:   "Here are two stills from the Dreamboats & Petticoats musical (based on 1950s & '60s hit songs), which seems to be doing well in
the UK just now (2009).  The pictures leave one wanting to see the show in order to find out more of what is underneath!" 
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(below) See Theatre in Scotland for a fun picture      Enlargeable

     

Video

 Jörg:

    "On the MTV Movie Awards 2007 on June 4th at Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal City Walk California, Rihanna & Jay-Z presented her song Umbrella in a stunning live performance. Sweet Rihanna was wearing a sexy outfit with a short black and full petticoat. Above are a sample of three images ; in the video,
Paris Hilton appears for a short moment in the public, some hours before a bad time began for her."

 

Elizabeth writes:

"In  2003, my wife and I spent a 3-day 2-night "getaway" at Lake Havasu, Arizona.  The small city is most famous as the present site of the London Bridge.  Actually, a small English village has been re-created under and around the Bridge, and this delightful play was being performed.  As soon as I saw the flyer, I knew I had to scan and send it." 

 

 

 

Mikel sends what appears to be some sort of
Edward Scissorhands production

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The stage of the Club Zanzibar,
circa 1942

Classy days...!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some kind of stage show, but we wouldn't define it as "cancan," by their dress

 

 		 


 

 
Jörg:
Here is an image of the 
MDR Deutsches Fernsehballett
wearing frilly cancan petticoats,
 found here 
(the original size is 2.2MB).
 

 

 

 

 

 

Wendy T.:

"Here is a picture from a new (2009) opera called Prima Donna."

 

 

 

 

Elaine Flowers has provided this
50s ballet image (nice!)
(title unknown)

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

Gerard H.:

"On the 3rd of October, 2010 the musical 'Petticoat' opened in Carré in Amsterdam, with Chantal Janzen in the leading part. I have scanned this picture of  her  from the newspaper."  [Can be enlarged]

 

Crinolyn has sent this link to a great YouTube slideshow of this production,
and this link  to its homepage.

"A friend in the UK" has pointed to this additional clip from Petticoat;
 the song is a bit annoying, but the singers' attire is certainly not

More vidclips:  #1  #2  #3  #4

 

 

 

 

"The Looking Glass Kitchen"
on Flickr
 Many more pictures...

Pointed to by Misha

 

 

 

Spike (2008):

 
"Ray Davies, formerly of the legendary Kinks, has written a new musical called Come Dancing, which opened recently. Set in the 1950's, and with much of the action taking place in a dance-hall, it sounds promising."
 
 

  

 

 (below) 2011: Amy provided these pictures of well-known German entertainer Daniela Katzenberger,
who was featured in the Berlin presentation of the musical Grease. (enlargeable)

     

 

Chiffon sends this, from the Sunday Times (UK),
 May, 2005

No further information

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MY BIG FAT GYPSY WEDDING

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